Since yesterday afternoon I have been struggling with tiredness, a scratchy throat, runny nose and sore head. Seems as if I picked up a bug of some sort on my travels.

Nice of them to call a provincial holiday so I can recuperate!

There are all sorts of things waiting for some action on my part – raspberries to pick, weeds to pull, talk to prepare for church in a couple of weeks, supper to prepare for guests – that I have very little energy for.

And I slept a good 12 hours last night. A medicated sleep – thanks to cold and sinus pills. Still it is easier to sit here wasting time on the computer than to move and do something else.